A SYDNEY DJ who was with Leeza Ormsby the night before her arrest in Bali on drugs charges told police the pair had dinner and then drank Vodka at a Russian woman’s home but he had no idea about any drugs.

DJ Marco Mazzucco, a longtime friend of Ormsby, did not testify at her Denpasar District Court trial on Thursday, but his police statement was read to the court.

Mazzucco was also detained with Ormsby on February 12 but was later released by police, who found no evidence against him.

Ormsby and Mazzucco were detained at a North Kuta villa after police found MDMA and hashish inside a drawer at the villa.

Ormsby faces court over possession of a half-smoked joint of hashish which was found in her handbag but not in relation to the drugs in the villa.

The Villa Askara had been rented for three nights by Sydney musician Azaria Byrne of band The Art. Mr Byrne and his girlfriend had paid for three nights but they left early on the third night to fly back to Australia, leaving the key with their friends.

Mr Byrne has denied any knowledge of the drugs later found at the villa.

In his police statement, Mazzucco said that he had last seen Mr Byrne and his girlfriend Jessy, whom he knew in Australia, at the villa on February 11 at 5pm.

Mazzucco, Ormsby and two others stayed at the villa until about 7pm that evening before going for dinner at a Spanish restaurant until 11pm.

“When the witness (Mazzucco) was at the restaurant, he met with three Russian women who invited them to go to their house in Umalas. Witness with all of them then drank vodka,” Mazzucco said in his statement, read to the court by the Prosecutor.

He said the next morning he went to have lunch and exchange money before collecting Ormsby from Villa Askara, because she didn’t have a motorbike.

But when he got there, police were waiting.

“The witness (Maccuzzo), in Bali or outside Indonesia has never consumed narcotic,” the prosecutor read from the statement.

“And he only saw the evidence (drugs) when showed by police in the police station. Witness didn’t know who had the drugs that was shown by police.”

It is the first time that Mazzucco’s statement has been revealed.

Behind bars ... New Zealander Leeza Ormsby in the cell at Denpasar District Court talking to Ary Soenardi, her lawyer.Source:News Corp Australia

Ormsby faces three charges — of drug possession which carries a maximum 12 years jail and one charge of using drugs, which carries a lesser four-year maximum.

Her lawyers hope the more serious charges will be dropped and that she will be dealt with under the drug user legislation. Under Indonesian law drug users are treated as victims and treated much more leniently.

Evidence has been presented to the court that Ormsby has twice undergone drug therapy and rehabilitation and has often used drugs including hashish, marijuana and ketamine.

Ormsby, a New Zealand citizen who was living in Sydney at the time of her arrest, has been in police jail and now in Kerobokan prison ever since.

Waiting with nerves ... Leeza Ormsby at Denpasar District Court for her trial in Bali.Source:News Corp Australia

She has not been charged in relation to the larger amount of drugs found at the villa on the day of her arrest, including 132.2 grams of MDMA and 26.06 grams of hashish. These were found in a drawer in the cupboard of the villa’s bedroom. A beat up old microwave, kitchen scales, tape and plastic bags were found in the villa’s kitchen.

Prosecutors say that so far there is no evidence against Ormsby in relation to these drugs.

The statement of another witness, Tiago Oudman Monteiro De Sousa, was also read to the court.

In it De Sousa said he had been introduced to Ormsby by Mazzuco and had visited the Villa Askara three times — on February 9, 10 and 11.

On the 11th he saw Ormsby, Mazzucco, Azaria Byrne and his girlfriend at the villa.

He went there on the first two times to “drink beer” and the third occasion, on February 11, to pick up Mazzucco.

“The witness (De Sousa) did not consume narcotic and did not see his friends consume narcotics,” the statement said.